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Yeah I had estimated something like that, I believe Cosmo speculated around that in his interview with Wags. It'd be nice if we could get an estimate on the sizes of the different versions, I don't know that that'll use the whole map enough to justify having the full version, but I could probably live with one of the regions occupying a permanent space on my system. Guessing that if one buys the whole map we'll be able to pick and choose which full fidelity regions we'll have installed at any given time? Or will it be an all or nothing thing? I'm surely nickel and diming here, I'll probably just take out a 1TB m.2 and replace it with a 4TB, but it'd still be nice information for us to have. ED has to have a very close approximation they could throw at us.

Any estimate on the disk space that will be required for the various version, its something to consider?

It's probably Vladimir upset about the upcoming full fidelity Mig-29.

While I definitely sympathize with those having ghosting issues, I'm more concerned with any performance gains. I haven't done anything other than anecdotal observations, curious to know if anyone else has found a performance difference between DLSS dynamic-link library versions?

I find it interesting and counterintuitive that less actual scenery, i.e. sea, would cause worse performance. Any chance of getting a technical explanation as to why that is? Speed comes at a price and I always put DCS world on the fastest drive I have, same goes for Microsoft Flight Simulator and other sims. Having several drives of various capacity and capabilities while also considering motherboard limitations, i.e. the number of M.2 slots available and their associated capabilities means you're left with inevitable decisions that have to be made. If your motherboard only supports 2 M.2 SSD drives do I eliminate a 2TB M.2 SDD to replace with a 4TB M.2? Do I purchase a PCI-e expansion card so I can have more than 2 M.2 drives capability? I think you're oversimplifying the issue in relation to your particular system and considerations. It's often not a simple as just buying another 2TB M.2 SSD, popping it in and and letting it roll.

I know saying this won't change anything but I'm just going to say it anyways, and I'm sure I'll get a lot of heat in return, but I'm not a huge fan of this guessing game us customers are having to navigate, allow me to explain. If you take the chance and pre purchase a newly releasing map like Afghanistan, you get it at a sizable discount, but another anticipated map, like Kola peninsula surely won't release until a previous map is out of pre purchase status and hence no longer discounted. Maps, and modules for that matter, typically don't seem to go on sale till at least a year if not two or so once they are released so we consumers are left with the conundrum of choosing to take a chance on the pre purchase and subsequent discount of a map that upon release we may not be happy with for various reasons or waiting for a following map that may or may not be all we hoped for. Since reviews and side by side comparisons of, for example, Afghanistan, Iraq and Kola peninsula won't be possible with still being eligible for pre purchase discount, it seems the customer is put in an awkward position of rolling the dice to a certain degree or, if they do purchase a map after said reviews are available, feeling like they got a bit of a raw deal. Not to mention the hard drive space required and potential investment of more/bigger SSD drives which can be hundreds of dollars and require system reconfiguration considerations often. Realizing the space requirements are just the nature of the beast, still, even with the 5TB of space on my system I've found myself uninstalling DCS maps I don't fly often to make room for other modules and programs. It would just be nice to know if a map or module is something I'm actually going to like and use on a regular basis before purchasing in lieu of a sizable discount offering. I'd much prefer if that whole "pre purchase" discount model be done away with and prices adjusted accordingly, making the maps one set price a few dollars cheaper and forgo the "pre purchase" crap shoot. And now, splitting maps into individually purchasable sections just seems to exacerbate the issue. Then there is always the consideration of how many other folks are actually going to buy and fly a particular map. Persian gulf in particular I somewhat regret purchasing especially in comparison to Syria and Sinai. Trust me, I've spent plenty on DCS World and I support ED and its partners, I just don't like being put in a position where I have to make tough choices. The money could always be put toward something we'll use more like hardware or aircraft modules. I don't know, perhaps I am splitting hairs here but it just makes me feel kind of weird having to play this hype game. That said, I won a free Apache module in a contest before it was actually released, which offsets my cringe factor a bit, but still. I thought I'd fly it a lot more than I do. I know several folks who fly it almost exclusively. And yes, I pre ordered the F-4 Phantom II though there is little chance of regret regarding that module.

Waiting on Kola peninsula release, but I'm sure Afghanistan will be a great map for ground pounding and helicopters.

Still waiting on T-Shirt, North Carolina USA.

I save about 6-7 deg Fahrenheit with it on. Since I'm usually flying for several hours I'll take any temp reduction I can get.

So just tried this, making sure to use the latest Nvidia drivers and cleaning out the FXO and Metashaders folders first. Everything is buttery smooth, though that's a bit subjective cause I didn't do a real before and after comparison. Hitting a constant 120FPS with graphics absolutely maxed at 3440x1440, even on a loaded carrier deck with 4 hornets on the cats. I use the Save Kasbah mission https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3308295/ as my benchmark. Not bad.

Even though my frames are maxed out most of the time, turning on DLSS makes my graphics card run cooler with no ill effects so I run it.

It's called reading comprehension perhaps you should Google it. I never said Afghanistan was a "desert map" did I?

Well I guess that explains why so many desert maps.

I had ghosting with DLSS in the DCS version it was first implemented but not in subsequent versions. Still, any potential performance or efficiency boost is welcome so I'll give it a try. Thanks to the OP for posting this.

Did they delay the tee shirts too, still haven't gotten mine yet?

Still waiting on T-Shirt, North Carolina USA.

Interesting, I'll do a bit more testing.

I should have better specified, in landing configuration.

Has anyone observed nosediving when coming out of autopilot? Aircraft makes abrupt down posturing as if trim was reset, I believe it was no where near this bad before the update.

Panavia Tornado

I've been having some dropped frames since the last update as well, prior to that everything was smooth as silk. It seems that my frame rates are now dropping for a split second and causing much lower 99 percent frame rates. Something weird I noticed is when the game is in the background, with a focused window over the game, it runs smooth as butter, especially my head tracking, but when the game is focused, my head tracking get jittery and the game doesn't run as smoothly. Going to full screen mode doesn't fix this, its very strange. Per the change log it appears there was some terrain "optimization" that's been implemented, perhaps its causing this behavior. Hopefully this is just a bug that will be patched with a hot fix, but I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed. I have exceptions for my Eagle Dynamics, Saved Games\DCS and headtracker folders in my antivirus already.

The solution is... Fly a Hornet.

I know it's been a problem in the past, but it's apparently still an issue or back again. The deck crew jitters when waling across the deck. Aircraft get bumpy too sometimes but I believe that's a separate issue. Regardless, ED needs to fix these issues once and for all, it's pretty unacceptable for a paid module to still be having these issues after all this time it's been out.

As said, I really don't have the time (or desire) to do an in depth analysis with you. If I had a dollar for ever minute I've spent helping folks with PC issues I'd be retired already. I do this kind of stuff for a living so in my free time I only deal with my own issues when they come up anymore. Here, read this thread it might get you going in the right direction. https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/14900k-tuned-for-efficiency-gaming-power-draw.315783/

Active Turbo Ratios set to auto is one potential issue. As said, I'm not familiar with Gigabytes Bios, the best suggestion I can give you is to head over to the Overclockers.com forum and see if anyone will point you in the direction of a tweaking guide for your particular or similar setup. Those guys over there are intimately acquainted with current advanced EUFI/BIOS settings. There are other overclocking forums as well you can check out, not that you're wanting to overclock, but overclockers are the ones who really dig into the details of system tweaking. Google is also your friend. Try Googling a setup guide or temp issues for your particular CPU and MOBO.